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In this Poetry in the Park event in Milwaukee’s Juneau Park hosted by Juneau Park Friends and Woodland Pattern, poets Aleena Ahmed, Ajamou Butler, Steven Espada Dawson, and Margaret Rozga read a selection of poems. Dawson, author of Late to the Search Party (Scribner, 2025), is featured in Literary MagNet in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
The 2026 Vasto Arts Workshops will be held from May 31 to June 6 and June 8 to June 13 at the liberty-style Villa Monteferrante in the town of Vasto, Italy, overlooking the Adriatic Sea. Programming includes workshops, a guided tour of Vasto’s historic center, and visits to local artists’ studios for poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators. The faculty for the May 31 to June 6 session includes poet, fiction writer, and copublisher of Guernica Editions, Michael Mirolla.
Vasto Arts Workshops, Villa Monteferrante, Via Francesco Paolo Tosti 6, Vasto, Italy 66054. Luigi Monteferrante, Director.
The Studios of Key West offers monthlong residencies to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Old Town campus in Key West, Florida. Residents are provided with private lodging and work space. There is no cost to attend the residency, but residents are expected to participate in one community event during their stay. Residents are responsible for their own meals and transportation expenses.
Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton Street, Key West, FL 33040. (305) 296-0458. Elena Devers, Deputy Director.
The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts offers residencies of varying lengths (up to six weeks) year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on the historic grounds of Mt. San Angelo in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Residents are provided with private lodging, studio space, and meals. The residency fee is $105 per day; full fellowships and need-based financial aid are available.
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 154 San Angelo Drive, Amherst, VA 24521. (434) 946-7236.
The 2026–2028 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, sponsored by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, offers three-year residencies to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Archer Studios in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Tulsa Artist Fellowship, 109 M.L.K. Jr Boulevard, Tulsa, OK 74103. (539) 302-4855.
The Mesa Verde Writers Conference, sponsored by Mancos Creative District, was held on July 10 and July 11 at the Mancos Commons Building in downtown Mancos, Colorado. The conference features workshops for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, and was followed on July 12 by a literary festival with pop-up activities throughout Mancos. Participating authors included poet January Gill O’Neil, poet and fiction writer Lisa C. Taylor, and fiction writers Angie Hodapp and Mark Stevens. The cost of the conference, which includes workshops, readings, and meals, was $425.
Mesa Verde Writers Conference, c/o Mancos Creative District, P.O Box 754, Mancos, CO 81328. Lisa C. Taylor, Codirector.
The 2025 North Carolina Writers’ Network (NCWN) Squire Summer Writing Workshops was held from July 24 to July 27 at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as panels, readings, and open mics. The faculty included poet Junious Ward, fiction writer Bryn Chancellor, and nonfiction writer Maddie Norris. The cost of the conference was $799 ($699 for NCWN members), which included tuition, group meals, and single-room on-campus housing; the cost for commuters was $599 ($449 for NCWN members).
North Carolina Writers’ Network Squire Summer Writing Workshops, Attn: SW25 Registration, P.O. Box 21591, Winston-Salem, NC 27120. (336) 293-8844. Ed Southern, Executive Director.
The Calabash International Literary Festival was held from May 23 to May 25 at the Jack Sprat restaurant and bar in the fishing village of Treasure Beach, Jamaica. Programming included author readings, panels, and live music events.
Calabash International Literary Festival, 2A Bamboo Avenue #4, Kingston 6, Jamaica. Justine Henzell, Cofounder and Festival Producer.
The 2025 Indiana University Writers’ Conference was held from June 5 to June 8 at University of Indiana in Bloomington. The conference featured workshops, craft classes, panel discussions, and readings for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty included poets janan alexandra and Safia Elhillo, fiction writers Stephen Amidon and Marguerite Sheffer, creative nonfiction writer John Cotter, and memoirist Elisa Gabbert. The cost of the conference, including tuition for a workshop and all classes, panels, and readings, was $825.
Indiana University Writers’ Conference, Ballantine Hall 440, 1020 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405. Bob Bledsoe, Director.
The 30th annual Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) Postgraduate Writers’ Conference was held from August 2 to August 8, 2025, on the Champlain College campus in Burlington, Vermont. Designed for writers with graduate degrees or equivalent experience, the conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as readings, craft talks, and one-on-one consultations with faculty members. Each workshop was limited to five or six participants. The faculty included poets Kathleen Graber, Tomás Q.
Vermont College of Fine Arts Postgraduate Writers’ Conference, 36 College Street, Montpelier, VT 05602. Ellen Lesser, Director.
